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Very enlightening. I like the ideas of a more merciful God and Scripture seems to support it. What about animals?

I plan to meditate on this some. I always took the book of Revelation a bit differently - did not think about the Judgement "Process", but more like, if you weren't saved during your natural life, you weren't gonna be in the Book of Life and were basically hosed. I like the second chance option - it also explains the mercy of God towards childrena and aborted babies - as well as those who were basically decent people but their churches (like Catholic for instance) never taught the salvation doctrine explicitly. Again - will have to study this some more. Thanks for the post!

Or you could just read the words of Christ, who said that the saved are few. This irritates many people, figuring as how most believe whatever they want to believe, disregarding the truth because it seems too difficult for them. Or rather, we should perhaps say, they choose to ignore the hard truths.

"Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!" --Jesus Christ.

Those who would offer for sale the false concept of a non-eternal Hell simply want to believe in such a concept since it's easier. But it isn't the truth.